MINEX EURASIA 2026✦

THEME 5: KAZAKHSTAN – A CHANGING OF THE GUARD, TIGHTENING OF THE REINS AND THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF CHINA

14:00 – 14:45 / 30 November 2026   Auditorium

  • Recent changes in regulation have raised eyebrows but Kazakhstan is still viewed as the easiest place to do business and most investible country in Central Asia. Is this perception correct and the situation likely to sustain?
  • The large operations have changed ownership in the past years signalling a move to modernisation but at the same time the influence of China has risen across the country. Local license owners critical of the complexities of international finance are increasingly turning to Chinese investors.
  • What does this trend mean for the country and is a backlash coming?